Bill Text: IA SF2296 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of solicitation to commit murder and providing a penalty. (Formerly SSB 3154.) Effective 7-1-12.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 701. [SF2296 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2296-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
2296
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
CRIMINAL
OFFENSE
OF
SOLICITATION
TO
COMMIT
MURDER
AND
PROVIDING
A
PENALTY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
707.3A
Solicitation
to
commit
murder.
1.
A
person
who
commands,
entreats,
or
otherwise
attempts
to
persuade
another
to
commit
murder
as
defined
in
section
707.1,
with
the
intent
that
such
act
be
done
and
under
circumstances
which
corroborate
that
intent
by
clear
and
convincing
evidence,
solicits
another
to
commit
that
murder.
2.
Renunciation,
as
provided
for
in
section
705.2,
is
a
defense
to
a
prosecution
for
solicitation
under
this
section.
Senate
File
2296,
p.
2
3.
A
person
who
solicits
another
to
commit
murder
commits
a
class
“C”
felony.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2296,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
